US soldiers on a Dodge WC63 half-ton medium truck pose in front of a badly damaged building in the French town of Trevieres, 20 miles west of Caen; June 1944.

Amid ruins of a town

American Landing Ship Tanks (LST) are loading in an English port with equipment to be used in the Normandy invasion. On the right a military ambulance can be seen backing into the cargo area; early June, 1944.

Normandy bound

An American M4 "Sherman" tank on Aachener Strasse (street) in Cologne, Germany; 1945.